none
- pronoun
- /nʌn/
- It's none of your business, and it never has been.
- none exist
- none other than
- none reported
Just a line under my eye, none on top, just under.
- Just a line under my eye, none on top, just under.
- And when you find that person, none of the others will matter.
- He says you have none of those things.
- I've got so many shows, but none of them start quite like this.
- They use such small sample sizes that none of the results are reliable.
- None of them, none of them would touch this.
- And when I discover that the answer is none, I relax.
- He's like, I ain't doing none of this, OK.
Examples
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Now I have friends, but none of them really play Magic.
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None of us know him.
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And when you find that person, none of the others will matter.
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Please put all, some or none of your money inside the box.
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All right, So we could have one, none or two.
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- It's none of my business.
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See, the problem is here that none of these stands out.
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Fewer than this number were artists of color, and none of these were women.
Academic text (2011) -
The rest of the march was enjoyable, and none of the young men wanted it to end.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the crowded room, none of the guests seemed to notice the unexpected noise.
Synonyms
Not anything of interest or value
The state of having no value, result, or importance
Not anything or zero
Nothing at all
No one or nothing in Scots dialect
Having no amount or value
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Someone who knows a little about many things but is not an expert in any
Compounds
- Specialized
A nerve or muscle responds fully when a signal reaches a level and not at all below it
How Many
Surface Forms
Etymology
None as the pronoun comes from old parts ne- 'not' and ān 'one', so it originally meant 'not one'. That's why it now means 'not any' or 'no person or thing'.